The Economic Case for Low Carbon Cities

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Authors :
Andy Gouldson, Sarah Colenbrander, Faye McAnulla, Andrew Sudmant, Niall Kerr, Paola Sakai, Stephen Hall, Effie Papargyropoulou, and Johan Kuylenstierna
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New Climate Economy (NCE), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

This paper conducts a comparative analysis of the results of five recently completed studies that  examined the economic case for investment in low-carbon development in five cities: Leeds (UK), Kolkata (India), Lima (Peru), Johor Bahru (Malaysia) and Palembang (Indonesia). The results demonstrate that there is a compelling economic case for cities in both developed and developing country contexts to invest, at scale, in cost-effective forms of low-carbon development.

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Countries :
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Peru
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Key search terms :
cities
low-carbon development
urban development
climate change mitigation